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Tuesday 12 February 2013

DOCUMENTARY / North Korean High School Refugees Living in South Korea









LIFE AFTER THE GREAT ESCAPE



Having lived most of their short lives in North Korea, these four young people were lucky to escape over the border to South Korea. The journey itself was fraught with danger, but gaining freedom from a life of fear and hunger drove them all on. But when they arrive they experience a culture shock, from the myriad of food available in shop windows to the flashy K-pop on the TV. In fact, it is a common experience for young people from North Korea who resettle in the south to feel anxiety about this new world and sometimes come into conflict with the school system and the law.

A short film, apparently missing background music, but I think music in the background of an interview colours the emotive content of a video too much and should be used sparingly... and often on youtube that isn`t the case. What you get here is the raw interviews with no intros, short but a great insight into what would seem to be on the outside "a happy ever after" situation.. but life is never, never that easy.

Film by Yeoung Lin


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